Priscilla Moore

‘Nihon-ga’ meaning ‘Traditional Japanese Painting’, is the technique which I discovered during my initial three month exchange in Japan. I returned to Osaka Seikei University in Nagaokakyo, after graduation in order to further study this technique which I find so incredibly beautiful.

This technique relies on many materials found in nature which are made available through the hard work of artisans who lovingly continue to produce these art materials and strive for the highest quality, with respect for the artists that will use them but also with even more respect to the precious elements that nature has produced.

The colours are made from semi-precious minerals such as malachite, azurite and cinnabar as well as earth and plant pigments. As these minerals are becoming increasingly rare and due to their environmental impact, synthetic versions of these pigments are also made available. The pigments are mixed separately with water and ‘nikawa’ (hide glue) and applied to Japanese washi paper made from the fibres of Kozo (mulberry) and hemp. It is also traditionally painted onto silk and often onto gold, silver or other metallic leaf. The beautifully soft and essential white pigment, ‘Gofun’ is derived from the cured oyster, clam or scallop shells. The Sumi ink stick is made from the soot obtained by burning vegetable oils such as rapeseed oil.

Please click on the galleries below to view some of my works :

• Article sur mon parcours artistique07/12/2024
  Hello J’ai eu l’immense joie de répondre à quelques questions récemment autour de ma vie artistique. Je remercie du fond du cœur Catherine Lemaitre de L’Ecole des Artistes de m’avoir consacré cet article et offert un aperçu sur mon travail Pour lire l’article, je vous invite à cliquer ici. L’Ecole des Artistes est une communauté …

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• The Cat House19/08/2024
  It’s been a while since I’ve made an update! However I have good reason today to finally reappear after so long. I recently discovered The Cat House in Norwich and had the immense pleasure of meeting Sarah, who is also an artist and the creator of this uniquely beautiful Cat themed arts centre and cat …

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• Commissions13/01/2022
  A very Happy New Year to you ! I haven’t posted here in a while because I have been working on some projects for the publisher Le Lotus et L’éléphant, and I can’t wait to tell you more about it when I am finally able to 🙂 In the mean time I have felt so …

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• Siete Veces Siete23/04/2021
  En 2020 j’ai eu le plaisir de créer des illustrations pour le site Siete Veces Siete de mon amie Laura Devos. L’illustration de la page principale représente un encrier séparé en deux par les racines des fleurs qui en sortent, qui mènent vers les différents contenus du site. J’ai également décliné cette illustration en logo …

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• Expo au FGood !27/02/2021
  Le printemps arrive, et de nouvelles aventures aussi ! J’ai quelques tableaux en exposition au café FGood aux côtés et grâce à mon amie Clare qui y expose ses belles peintures. De nouvelles activités s’annoncent bientôt ici, des ateliers de toutes sortes arrivent, avec les beaux jours et espérons le, sans reconfinement ! Rendez-vous au …

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